When her digitized consciousness is downloaded into the mind of a mammoth, which have been resurrected, Dr. Damira Khismatullina, who was brutally murdered trying to defend the world’s last elephants, must teach them how to be mammoths to avoid dooming them to a new extinction.

"When an enemy from her past threatens to return, Margaret Douglas must go on the run. But danger is in hot pursuit, and Margaret finds herself matching wits with a man who refuses to be stopped. Turning from the hunted to the hunter, Margaret must use everything she has to not only survive, but defeat evil and prove she's No Easy Target in this high-octane thriller"--

Publisher Annotation: Agent Moose, the best (worst) secret agent at Woodland HQ, and his slightly-more-intelligent sidekick, Owlfred, are on the case again! There's big news in the Big Forest! The circus is in town, Granny Moose is coming to visit, and a mysterious robber is on the loose. When Agent Moose learns that someone is putting the squeeze on innocent animals, he and Owlfred rush to investigate, with Granny along for the ride! Can they solve...

Host Neil deGrasse Tyson features his interview with Bas Lansdorp, co-founder of Mars One, a non-profit organization with the goal of establishing a permanent human settlement on Mars. Comedian co-host Eugene Mirman and former astronaut Mike Massimino join Tyson in the Hall of the Universe to discuss topics including the logistics of getting to Mars, how to sustain human life there, and even speak via live video call to one of the finalists out of...

De-extinction describes the process of creating an organism that belongs to or closely resembles an extinct species. While this process was once a science-fiction fantasy explored in films like Jurassic Park, recent biological and technological breakthroughs suggest that reviving extinct creatures, like the passenger pigeon and the woolly mammoth, could soon become a reality. The benefits of de-extinction, supporters argue, include correcting mistakes...

Publisher Annotation: After barely surviving the harsh tundra biome, Stacy has finally discovered the origins of the intelligent, playful wolves who've raised her. But will Stacy be able to decode a mysterious diary that may hold the keys to her future in the taiga? As she races against time to uncover the secrets buried within the diary's pages, Stacy and her pack set out on a new thrilling adventure across biomes. Will they beat the clock and make...

"Nunez's prose itself comforts us. Her confident and direct style uplifts-the music in her sentences, her deep and varied intelligence." -The New York Times Book Review "A penetrating, moving meditation on loss, comfort, memory...Nunez has a wry, withering wit." -NPR "[A] sneaky gut punch of a novel...a consummate example of the human-animal tale." -Harper's Magazine A moving story of love, friendship, grief, healing, and the magical bond between...

From the rise of artificial intelligence and speaking robots, to brain implants and computer-facilitated telepathy, language and communications expert Philip Seargeant surveys the development of new digital 'languages', such as emojis, animated gifs and memes, and investigates how conventions of spoken and written language are being modified by new trends in communication. From George Orwell's fictional predictions in Nineteen Eighty-Four to the very...

Roswell. Area 51. The X-Files. You've seen the aliens known as 'the Greys' in movies and on T.V. You may think you know all about the Greys. But what if everything you think you know is wrong? And what if the Greys are only the beginning? Even though the galaxy is vast, resources are precious. Gold, oil and minerals are rare. But rarer still? Life. Uktah is a planet on the far side of the galaxy away from Earth. No larger than Mars, the M'Uktah...

Possessing encyclopedia-like intelligence, unusual zookeeper's son Pi Patel sets sail for America, but when the ship sinks, he escapes on a life boat and is lost at sea with a dwindling number of animals until only he and a hungry Bengal tiger remain.